Air Wing third brake light

[RareSS]

I started installing my third brake light in my Air Wing luggage carrier. Got the light mounted and the three wires pulled through the ‘leg’ of the carrier. Finally got the wires pulled through the plastic sleeve protector. All that is left is pulling the liner out, positioning the wires towards the grommet, plugging in the splitter cable (if I can find the right connector behind the seat!), pulling the splitter tail through the grommet, and connecting the ends! Hopefully it will work. I quit halfway through the job. It is 104-108 degrees and my ‘Outhouse’ metal shop doesn’t help with the heat. I gave up and coiled everything up in the tour pack for a cooler day!

After the light, I will be installing the tour pack optional pockets around the sides. Looks to be easy, but I will put it off, until the third brake light is installed and working.

Need to order my lift kit and have it ready for my dealership to install. I would, but I don’t have a good lift and an extra set of hands to help.

Still got to mount my Kuryakyn drink holder, but I am waiting on my defective switch replacement to get here.

What is next? Thinking about figuring what else to add to the Tri. Any suggestions?

 

[Old Road Dog]

Theres a long gray connector under the seat and the lamp plugs into that. At least thats what came with my Custom Dynamics airwing luggage rack lamp- very bright! There's a black connector right next to it and I used molex sockets in the empty slots to power the lamps on the airwing fender rails.Which HD says wont fit the Freewheeler. But then ...its HD talkin.

 

[ultrafxr]

Good to hear the Custom Dynamics light is bright. The H-D one definitely is not. OK at night but useless in bright daylight.

 

[Trampas]

I'm thinking of the custom dymanics light myself instead of the harley one, looked at both online and the custom is way brighter

All for now Trampas

 

[TonkaDriver]

I started installing my third brake light in my Air Wing luggage carrier. Got the light mounted and the three wires pulled through the ‘leg’ of the carrier. Finally got the wires pulled through the plastic sleeve protector. All that is left is pulling the liner out, positioning the wires towards the grommet, plugging in the splitter cable (if I can find the right connector behind the seat!), pulling the splitter tail through the grommet, and connecting the ends! Hopefully it will work. I quit halfway through the job. It is 104-108 degrees and my ‘Outhouse’ metal shop doesn’t help with the heat. I gave up and coiled everything up in the tour pack for a cooler day!

After the light, I will be installing the tour pack optional pockets around the sides. Looks to be easy, but I will put it off, until the third brake light is installed and working.

Need to order my lift kit and have it ready for my dealership to install. I would, but I don’t have a good lift and an extra set of hands to help.

Still got to mount my Kuryakyn drink holder, but I am waiting on my defective switch replacement to get here.

What is next? Thinking about figuring what else to add to the Tri. Any suggestions?

If you are going to order a lift kit and you want a better ride, I would suggest shocks as well. I rode Kevin's trike last October with DK Custom Products NexGen shocks last prototype and the ride quality was amazing compared to stock. His were setup for two up and solo they were really smooth.

Kurt

P.S. Keep in mind we have a gathering in AZ in October with lots of twisty roads.

 

[New Orleans Kevin]

I started installing my third brake light in my Air Wing luggage carrier. Got the light mounted and the three wires pulled through the ‘leg’ of the carrier. Finally got the wires pulled through the plastic sleeve protector. All that is left is pulling the liner out, positioning the wires towards the grommet, plugging in the splitter cable (if I can find the right connector behind the seat!), pulling the splitter tail through the grommet, and connecting the ends! Hopefully it will work. I quit halfway through the job. It is 104-108 degrees and my ‘Outhouse’ metal shop doesn’t help with the heat. I gave up and coiled everything up in the tour pack for a cooler day!

After the light, I will be installing the tour pack optional pockets around the sides. Looks to be easy, but I will put it off, until the third brake light is installed and working.

Need to order my lift kit and have it ready for my dealership to install. I would, but I don’t have a good lift and an extra set of hands to help.

Still got to mount my Kuryakyn drink holder, but I am waiting on my defective switch replacement to get here.

What is next? Thinking about figuring what else to add to the Tri. Any suggestions?

I could give you a long list of what you could add but my most important things were FIRST a Custom Dynamics headlight, then the bumper out back then things that made me most comfortable - swapped seat to hammock seat, did lift kit, changed bars to KST 12 in Mayhems, added DK tank lift 1.5inch and DK cooling wings, rider peg extensions. THEN added Legends shocks all around; pricey but made a huge difference, the stock shocks were just not cutting it on LA roads. If this list doesn't blow up the credit card I can go on. As soon as warranty is up , a cam swap and oiling kit from Feuling or S&S will be in along with a cat LESS pipe and tune.orag::clapping::clapping::clapping::clapping:

 

[New Orleans Kevin]

If you are going to order a lift kit and you want a better ride, I would suggest shocks as well. I rode Kevin's trike last October with DK Custom Products NexGen shocks last prototype and the ride quality was amazing compared to stock. His were setup for two up and solo they were really smooth.

Kurt

P.S. Keep in mind we have a gathering in AZ in October with lots of twisty roads.

i agree with this if youre doing the lift kit, it makes sense to do the shocks too. Swapping / upgrading mine made a huge difference

 

[Longbeard71]

The lift kit is an easy install with just a floor jack.